Vehicle wheel



P. L WEIRICH. vEH'icLg WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED IAN. SI, I92I.

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Patented Nov. 28, '1922.

PETER J. WEIRICH, 0F ADAMS, WISCONSIN.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

Application led January 31, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER J. `llnnircn, a citizen of the United States, and resident o Adams, in the county of Adams and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle Vheels, of which the following is `a description, reference being had .to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in vehicle wheels, and has for one of its objects to provide means within the wheel for absorbing shocks imparted thereto whereby, if desired, the usual resilient tire maybe dispensed with.

Another object of this invention is to provide a vehicle wheel of two parts connected together by a .plurality of shock absorbing1 means whereby upon a sudden throwing in of the clutch of the vehicle the strain on the gears will be relieved due to said shock absorbing means yieldably resisting any circumferential movement of said sections with respect to each other.

further object of this invention is tol provide an improved form of cushion means whereby all movements of the wheel parts with respect to each other, excepting sidewise movements, will be yieldably resisted by coil ,spring means connecting the several arts of the wheel.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a vehicle wheel so constructed that all shocks or blows in'iparted thereto by any unevenness in the roads surface will be absorbed by the wheel and thus relieve the resulting strain from the vehicle, also to provide a wheel which may be constructed with. ease and at a comparatively low cost with all of the parts thereof readily accessible for the purpose of repair or replacement, and which may be attached to trucks or other vehicles Vwithout marring the appearance thereof.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the novel con-I struction.l combination and arrangement ol: parts substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly defined by the appended claims, it being understood that such shanges in the precise embodiment of the hereindisclosed invention may .be made come within the scope of the claims.

` drawings, l

In the accompanying have serial No. 441,264.

illustrated one kcomplete example of the physical embodiment of my invention ronstructed according to the best mode l have so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which:

Figure l is a side view of a vehicle wheel embodying my invention, partsthereof being broken away and in section to more .clearly illustrate .structural details Figure 2 is a view part in section and part in elevation, w-ith parts removed, und looking on the plane of line 2-2 of F gure l g Figure 3 is a fragment-ary detail View illustrating a slightly modified manner of connecting the shock absorbing springs with the inner wheel section;

Figure #L is a fragmentary detail view looking on the plane of line #if-t of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a view similar io Figure l of a slightly modified forni of my invention; and l Figure G is a sectional view taken through Figure 5 on the line Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which like rcference characters designate like parts throu ghout the several views:

My improved wheel consists primarily of two parts or sections, an inner section or body portion 8, and an outer section or tread carrying member 9, the sections being connected together by a plurality of" shock al sorbin devices in the form of coil springs l0. T e inner section, in Figures l and 2, is depicted as formed of two complementary plates llsecured together. and upon a suitable hub l2, by fastening bolts 13, the hub l2 being securable to a supporting axle i4.

The plates l1 are .formed with adjacent radially extending arm portions l5 between which are secured, by fastening bolts lli, cup` members 17, said cup members having their closed ends positioned inwardly and their open ends receiving the outer ends of the adjacent springs l0. Said springs l() are arranged in pairs and extend in opposite directions with their outer adjacent ends secured within the cup member i7 therebetween and their inner ends secured between opposed inwardly extending arms i8 formed on two complementary annular plate ineinbersl) secured to a central annular rib 2() formed on the inner periphery of the outer section 9. The adjacent arnis of the plates lll?) 19 are connected b rods or bolts 21 to which the inner ends o th nected, and the Bange -or rib 20 is, recessed adj acenteach sp ing I0, as at 22, to provide a pocket foireceivin .the1s'ame.

. The outeifends-o eahpairof springs l0 are detachbly'secured in the adjacent cup memberv f1 7t by. a wedgemember 2 3slidably l ly wedgi arms 18 of the plates`19. .Q Each 'cent sides of the In both theforms'of .-myihvention, the

.walls -In 'order to insure "curement of the spring'ends in nular flange `or thereof abutting l secured in a groove 32 at theothenside mounted'between the' spring ends and havin an' inner" thaded Shank .24,1 passed throne an opening in the.. closed wall fof the cap mem erv to receive a binding nut25 for tightmember 23 in position tobind the between it and the cup member the positive 4se- Ithe cap m'e'mbers, their inner ends are directed laterally, as at 26, and projectinto openings in the cap member walls, see Figure 1.'

spring en In Figures Band 4, the inner section' of' preferably formedl the wheel is illustrated as in one piece with the radial arms 15 thereof slotted, as at 27, on vo posed sides to receive the spring ends which are secured in place by fastening bolts 28.

In Figures 5 and 6, I have illustrated a slightly modified form of my invention, in which the inner section 8 -is formed in `,one piece and has the radial arms 15 thereof apertured, as at 29,-jto bodily receive the coil springs 10 which yhave their inner ends secured to the bolts 21 connecting the adjacent spring.l =1 0 has one side of its outer -coil abuttin an anaperture w ere y sai spring is remova secured in place, Each holt 2.1! has a pair oi; washers 33 thereon which engage theadjaspring 2Q. y

plates l1Q prevent-the s idewlse movement of vthe inner andjouter wheel 's'ections'with respectf -to "eachigother and the .Springs'il'yield` resisten?, lrcumferentib/ l movements f also xany ,radia' movements e springs 10 are con-A rib,l 30 land the 'ot er sidey What I claim as my invention is: 1`. A resilient wheel comprising inner hub member provided with outwardly ex tending radial arms; an outer tread member provided v'with inward radial extensions and with socke `arins;-and spiral spring members having theiroutenends connected to said arms ad their innerjends connected to said extensions, `the body portions of said springs occupying said sockets.

2. Aresilient wheel cogrnprising inner hub member having outwardly `entending radial arms' provi'ded with recesses; an outer .tread memberprovided with inward radiai extensions and with sockets positioned inH termediate said arms; spiral spring members having their outer ends fitting in said recesses and their inner ends connected to said extensions, the body portions 'of said springs occupying said sockets; and means for secur- `ngthe outer ends of said springs in said recesses.

3. A resillient wheel comprising aninner h ub member havin outwardly extending radial arms provide with-recesses; an outer rtread' member provided with inward radial .Q extensions and with sockets positioned intermediate 'said arms; spiralspring members having their outer ends fitting in said re- ''cesses and ther inner ends connected to said `extensions, the body portions of said springs occupying said sockets; and a readily refmovable wedge member secured within said recesses, adaptedvto 'force s aid outer spring ends against the walls of said recesses.

4. A wheel outer tread carrying sectioln' tended arms by the inner section, inwardly extended'arms carried by said outer section, and a pair of coil springs having their outer ends detachably secured in the recess of each inner seo` tion arm and extending in'opposite directions ".@th'their inner ends connected with the adjacent arms of said outer section.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signa ture. l

' PETER J. WEIRICH.

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